However, the Christian term "Christ" does not at all bear the sameconnotations as the Jewish word
"Mashiach." In English vernacular, theterms are not interchangeable, as much as some religious leaders wouldlike them
to be. "Christ" is a specifically Christian term, and itrefers to this person whom they claim rose from the dead and
was theson of God. "Messiah" is a Jewish word, which -- although used by someChristians to refer to Jesus at
instances -- carries with it thenotion of national redemption for the people of Israel, Davidickingship, and several other
concepts that are lost in the term"Christ."
To sum up: although the Greek term χριστος was used to translated משיחin the
LXX and was used in Hellenistic Jewish writings for theconcept, in English
the two terms differentiated, and they no longerrefer to the same thing, IMHO.
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